Holder for nursing bottles



A. o. \NAHLBERG' HOLDER FOR NURSING BOTTLES Feb. 17, 1953 Filed May 21948 N V EN TOR. 455/4 0 [i4 Meg -B Patented Feb. 17, 1953 v UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 2,628,802 HOLDER FOR NURSING BOTTLES Arnold 0.Wahlberg, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application May 27, 1948, Serial N 0. 29,447

My invention relates to improvements inbottle holders, and moreparticularly, to a novel holder for a nursing bottle.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a holder for anursing bottle that can be attached to the side members of a baby bed orsupported on the upper edge portion of a basket, a bassinette, or a babycarriage, with said bottle suspended thereby for floating movement in aconvenient position in which an infant lying on a bed may grasp thesuspending means and bring the floating bottle into a position in whichhe can feed himself, thus requiring very little attention from theparent.

A further object of this invention is to provide a nursing bottle thatcan be readily adjusted relative to an infant lying in a bed or adjustedrelative to a baby bed to which it is attached at different elevations.v

A further object of this invention is .to provide a novel holder for anursing bottle that can be disassembled and stored in a compact space.

Other objects of this invention will be apparent from the followingdescription, reference being had to the drawing.

To the above and, generally stated, the invention consists of the noveldevices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined inthe claims.

.In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved bottle holder supported onthe side members of a baby carriage, fragmentarily shown, and holding anursing bottle suspended over an infant lying on the bedding in saidcarriage;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bottle holder removed from the babycarriage and with the nursing bottle removed from the holder;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the end portions ofthe bottle holder, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the inner end portions ofthe sections of the body member of the bottle holder separably connectedby a coupling sleeve, shown in section;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the bottle holder suspended from theside members of a baby bed, shown in section; and

8 Claims. (Cl. 248104) verse body member I, as shown; a long round rod,of small diameter, having on each end a T head 8, also a round rod of alarger diameter than that of the body member 1. Preferably, but notnecessarily, the body member 1 and the T-heads 8 are made of hard wooddowel pins. Secured to each T-head 8 aligned with the body member I isan upstanding screw eye 9.

The bottle holder, as shown in Fig. 5, is held suspended between theside members it of a baby bed by a pair of cords H and hooks i2. Thesecords I! are threaded through the screw eyes 9 and eyes [3 in the hooksl2 and the ends of said cords are knotted at I4 to prevent their removaltherefrom. The hooks [2 are removably fitted over the upper edgeportions of the side members Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the partsshown 2 10 of the baby bed. Each T-head 8 is provided with a pair ofdepending screw eyes i5 located near the end portions thereof.

A nursing bottle I6 is held suspended from the 'r-heads 8 by a long cordH, the end portions of which are threaded through the pairs of screweyes [5. The intermediate portion of the cord l is coiled about thebottle [6 at the neck thereof, as indicated at l8. Loops I9, in the endportions of the cord l6, are tightly secured over the bottle [6 at thebottom thereof and said cord extends in opposite directions therefrom.The cords II and I! are preferably but not necessarily sash cords.

In Fig. 1 is shown a fragment of a baby carriage 2B and an infant 2ilying on bedding 22 in said carriage. In this figure, the body member 1and the parallel sections of the cord I! rest on the upper edge portionof the sides 23 of the baby carriage 20. Obviously, the sections of thecord l1 between which the body member 1 extends prevent the body memberi from rolling on the upper edges of the sides 23 of the baby carriage20. The cord I! is adjusted in the pairs of screw eyes I5 to hold thenursing bottle IS in an inclined position.

The bottle holder may be moved toward or from the infant by sliding thesame on the sides 23 of the baby carriage 20 or by sliding the hooks i2and the side members it and thus conveniently position the bottle holderso that the infant may grasp the foremost section of the cord I! andposition the bottle i6 so that he can feed himself. The floatingsuspension of the bottle It by the bottle holder requires very littleeffort on the part of the infant to position the bottle so that he mayplace the nipple on the bottle in his mouth.

To raise the bottle holder from its position shown in Fig. 5, it is onlynecessary to move the cords ll either in the screw eyes 9 or in the eyesl3 in the hooks l2 and tie knots therein to shorten the operativelengths of said cords. The bottle It may be raised or lowered relativeto the body member I by varying the number of Wraps of the cord llaround the bottle [6 at the neck portion thereof.

When the bottle I6 is full or substantially full of milk, the same willbe suspended substantially in a horizontal position by the two longparallel sections of the cord i1. As the volume of milk in the bottle l6decreases, said bottle will be tilted by the natural tendency of thedownward pull thereon by the nipple in the infants mouth, and also incase the infant is holding the adjacent section of the cord IT. Thisslight tilting otthe bottle [6 will cause the milk in the bottle I'Btoflow toward the nipple. Further decrease in the milk in the bottle IEwill automatically and progressively tilt the nipple end of the bottlel6 downward. This tilting of the bottle will increase the operativelength of the section of the cord attached to the nipple end of thebottle i6 and shorten the section of the cord I! supporting the otherend of said bottle by sliding the cord IT in the screw eyes l8.

To facilitate the storing or packaging of the bottle holder, the bodymember 1 is made in two sections, detachably connected by a rubbersleeve 2'4 telescoped onto the inner end portions of said body member.

From what has been said, it will be understood that the bottle holderdescribed. is capable of modifications as to details of construction andarrangement within the scope of the invention disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A bottle holder comprising a rigid body member having at each end aT-head provided at its end portions with depending screw eyes, and acord threaded at its end portions through the eyes, said cord having atits ends loops applicable around a bottle at one of its end portions,said cord having sufficient slack, whereby it may be wrapped, at itsintermediate portion, around the bottle at its other end portion.

portions of the rod and separably connecting the same 4. A bottle holdercomprising a rod having at each end a cross-head, each cross-head havingat the rod an upstanding screw eye and at each end a depending screweye, a cord threaded through each upstanding screw eye and having on oneof its ends a hook applicable to a relatively fixed support, said cordat its other endportion being knotted to prevent removal from the screweye, and a lon cord having its end portions threaded through thedepending eyes, said long cord having at its ends loops applicablearound a bottle at one end portion thereof, said long cord havingsuificient slack, whereby it may be wrapped at its intermediate portionaround the bottle at its other end portion.

5. A bottle holder comprising a rod having at each end a head, a cordarranged in two substantially parallel sections between the heads andattached thereto, the sections of the cord being free to be fastenedaround the end portions of a bottle, said rod having two sections, and asleeve telescoped onto the inner end portions of said sections andseparably connecting the same.

;6. A bottle holder comprising a rod having at each end a T-head, and acord attached to the T-heacl at one of their ends with the intermediingat its ends loops applicable around a bottle 2. A bottle holdercomprising a long red having a bottle, a second cord attached at one endto each head, and a hook attached to the last noted cord at its otherend.

ARNOLD o. WAHLBERG.

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